Friday, May 19, 2017

Shift Scheduling for your Manufacturing industry

Friday, May 19, 2017

Managing employee scheduling for the manufacturing industry requires constant attention to details for each department. Managers and Supervisors have to manage employees in different departments such as, shipping, production, inventory, etc. Each department has their unique schedules, procedures and may be at different locations.

Most manufacturing production factory operate around the clock (24/7), having many job positions to schedule and multiple shifts to manage. Without proper scheduling, your business can experience increased cost of operation, high employee turnover rates, decreased output and other grievances.

Shift scheduling can help you with this automation process, decreasing the amount of time and effort you spend on scheduling.

Shift scheduling allows manager to oversee and control the shift, vacation in one single dashboard. Notification can be set at 30 minutes, 1 hour or 1 day before the shift is scheduled to begin. Dashboard allows everyone in the team to have the latest information in real-time.

2. Multiple location and departments

Employees can be scheduled to work in one or more location or departments on different shifts.
Schedule conflicts checking prevents misallocation of staff and reduces the complexity in planning.

3. Multiple job type (positions, skills, groups, crews, etc.)

Only staff on the shift are able to see the shift in the department and able to swap for it.